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From sacred lakes to former kingdoms, these trails deliver all the Himalayan drama without the Everest circus.
This visual captures a massive avalanche hitting Mount Everest’s in Nepal, base camp. The snow came crashing down with such force that it seemed like it would wipe out all the base camps. However, ...
Nepal cricket officials have outlined their intention to play Test cricket in the future and are "climbing Everest" to one day face England in a match at Lord's. The Cricket Association of Nepal ...
The Nepal Army has been leading in waste collection on Mt. Everest and other mountains since 2019, and three teams have been mobilized this year to clean the highest peak as well as Mt. Lhotse, Mt ...
Father Ninian Doohan, 44, raised a chalice during a Mass celebrated 17,598 feet up from the Khumbu valley at Mount Everest Base Camp, using a hewn stone as his altar. Holy Mass offered for peace ...
KATHMANDU – Nepal has announced a 36% hike in permit fees for climbing Mount Everest, the first increase in nearly a decade. The new fees, effective from September 2025, are aimed at boosting ...
The Everest Marathon is an annual trail event in Nepal's Khumbu region, home to Earth's highest mountain. The race starts from Everest Basecamp, at 17,598ft (5,364m), and attracts runners from ...
Record-holding climbers Tashi Gyalzen (four Everest summits in 14 days), Dawa Tenzi Sherpa (three-time triple crown holder), and Lakpa Sherpa, the co-owner of 8K Expeditions, were also felicitated ...
Nepal’s Landmark Corruption Case Against Ex-Prime Minister Madhav Nepal Previously, only bureaucrats and low-level politicians had been implicated in corruption cases. That has now changed.
A Perth mental health charity is to benefit from a fundraising trek to the top of the world. Perth man Barry Yeaman and friend Claire Hendry are to walk to Everest base camp at 5,380m, Nepal, this ...
She has climbed Aconcagua in Argentina in January 2024, Denali in Alaska in June 2024, and Mount Everest in Nepal in May 2025. She still has four to go.